Back – Spinal Surgery Hospitals Switzerland – Bethesda Hospital

Region

The Bethesda-Spital – one of the leading hospitals for back and spinal surgery - is situated in beautiful parkland on the outskirts of Basel (Switzerland). It is just a short ten minute journey by public transport from the city centre.

Profile

The Bethesda-Spital is a renowned private hospital, offering the very best in medical treatment, with its own clinics attended by a team of resident staff doctors as well as accredited attending physicians. The private hospital endeavours at all times to make patients at Bethesda-Spital feel they are in safe hands and well looked after. The holistic approach to care by highly qualified specialists in the various medical disciplines links in with individual care plans, a high level of medical experience and cutting-edge technology such as spinal and back surgery. Modern infrastructure offers investigations, procedures and treatment in outpatient clinics, as well as in day case and inpatient facilities. Excellent hotel style amenities also serve to underpin this sense of well-being.

Areas of specialisation

Musculoskeletal system: including inpatient and outpatient investigations and treatment, rheumatology, hand surgery, neurosurgery and orthopaedic spinal surgery, back surgery, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, ergotherapy and physiotherapy. At the Bethesda-Spital, the most diverse range of specialist staff work closely together, with interdisciplinary teams carrying out clinical investigations and implementing appropriate treatment for disorders and injury of the spine, as well as pain associated with the musculoskeletal system. Patient feedback indicates that they very much value this support. Men and women’s health: outpatient and inpatient investigations and treatment in the disciplines of gynaecology, breast disease and urology. The department of obstetrics is a particular focus at the Bethesda-Spital, with both staff and attached midwives, gentle anaesthesia, family rooms and a variety of other services, including alternative medicine, all of which are just a few of the plus points that make parents want to choose the Bethesda-Spital. Interdisciplinary medicine: anaesthetics and pain relief, general and visceral surgery, back & spinal surgery, neurology, oncology, plastic and aesthetic surgery, radiology and psychiatry and psycho somatic medicine. Day clinics: day surgery, infusion therapy, dialysis and sleep medicine. We cooperate closely in hand surgery and dialysis with the University Hospital in Basel and with the St. Clara Hospital in Basel for sleep medicine.

Facts & figures

The Bethesda-Spital was founded in 1939 and has 132 beds.